Here at Kotaku, not everyone is a fully-fledged PC gamer. But some of us would like to be.

Like a certain Tina who has a certain birthday coming up this Friday. Who also has a certain older brother who spoils her. See where I'm going with this?

So he and I will be doing our research and digging into the best parts to put into my soon-to-be glorious PC machine. But maybe you guys have a few suggestions. And maybe some of you are, like me, looking to chip off a piece of this whole "master race" business.

Let's share and weigh in on the absolute best pieces of hardware that would create the most optimal beast to run the shiniest of games.